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(Last Modified On 10/26/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/26/2012)
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Genus
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XIPHIDIuM Aubl.
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P1. Guian. 1:33. t. II. 1775.
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Description
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Perennial herbs with more or less elongate horizontal rhizomes; stems erect or ascending, usually unbranched; leaves alternate, equitant, ensiform, with closed basal sheaths, parallel-nerved; inflorescence terminal, a panicle of simple scorpioid cymes, bearing numerous rather small white flowers; flowers perfect, regu- lar; perianth segments 6, petalaceous, persistent; stamens 3; filaments free; anthers 2-celled, longi- tudinally dehiscent; pistil subinferior, 3-celled; fruit a many-seeded berry.
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